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squander (iou) and Gregory of Tours, Saint (sh)


squander (iou)



squander verb & noun. L16.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb.
verb trans. (usu. in pass.) & intrans. Scatter or disperse in various directions or over a wide area. L16.
b. verb trans. In pass. Brought to disintegration or dissolution. E-M17.
c. verb intrans. Roam about, wander. M17.
verb trans. Spend recklessly or lavishly; use in a wasteful manner. Also foll. by away. L16.
G. Borrow They considered the time occupied in learning as so much squandered away. H. James He had squandered a substantial fortune. M. Holroyd A thoughtless squandering of his natural gifts. M. Lane He squandered all the money..on drink.
b. noun. (An instance of) reckless or lavish expenditure. E18.
Comb. (of verb & noun): squander-bug colloq. a symbol of reckless extravagance; a person who squanders money etc.; squanderlust US slang a strong desire to spend money or waste assets; squandermania; squandermania colloq. an obsession for squandering money etc.; wasteful use of assets.
squanderer noun E17.
squandering ppl adjective (a) spending recklessly or lavishly; (b) (now dial.) straggling: L16.

Gregory of Tours, Saint (sh)




orig. Georgius Florentius

born Nov. 30?, 538/539, Clermont, Aquitaine?
died Nov. 17, 594?, Tours, Neustria

Frankish bishop and writer.

Born into an aristocratic family that had produced several bishops of what is today central France, Gregory succeeded his cousin as bishop of Tours in 573. He was involved in numerous political events and in open dispute with the king, Chilperic I. His fame rests on his History of the Franks, a chief source for knowledge of the 6th-century Franco-Roman kingdom. His Other writings, including Lives of the Fathers, on the lives of saints, and seven books of miracles, afford unique evidence of religious and social life in Merovingian France.